Greg
Norman is the founder of RealityREI.com, which was developed for the
purposes of teaching others how to invest in real estate. Greg was born
in raised in the Alexandria, VA, a suburb of Washington, DC. After high
school, Greg went on to study Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech.
During college, he realized that engineering wasn't his cup of tea,
but didn't have enough money to switch majors! So while completing his
degree he started examining other ways to make money and decided real
estate investing was where he wanted to focus his attention.

Upon
completing college, be moved back to the Washington, DC area and purchased
his first property from a local rehabber in 1994. He lived in one of
the rooms and rented out the other two. He rented that first house out
via the Section 8 program and bought a new primary residense after getting
married. Greg had no real estate experience, no cash reserves, no available
credit, and no rich relatives or friends to borrow money from. So in
1997 he started lease purchase wholesaling homes for quick cash and
sandwich lease purchasing homes for cash flow while holding down a full
time job.

After
building up some reserves, but still lacking credit to purchase homes,
he took over seller mortgages by purchasing "subject to" and
rehabbed them for profit. He also bought some "subject to"
properties to add to his portfolio of sandwich lease purchase homes
he purchased for cash flow. Since starting, Greg has been buying 1-3
homes a month and has bought over $50,000,000.00 in real estate.

Over
the years, he's developed experience in other avenues of investing,
such as buying short sales, foreclosures at auction, and bank owned
properties. But the core of his investing today remains the same as
when he started: using private money to rehabbing and wholesaling for
quick profit and sandwich lease purchasing, and buying "subject
to" to hold property long term as rentals.

Greg
has still never stepped into a bank to get financing to purchase any
of his residential investment properties. He has never held a real estate
agent or mortgage broker's license. Nor is he a real estate attorney.
Greg is a true investor and his income is derived from his real estate
investments, not from some other type of real estate related business.

Greg's
knowledge is in high demand and he's often asked about what makes a
successful investor. He's now imparting his knowledge to others and
offering coaching to get investors on the right track based on their
real estate knowledge and experience level.

Greg
currently lives in Cary, NC, just outside of Raleigh, NC with his wife
and four girls. He continues to invest primarily in both the Washington,
DC and Raleigh, NC areas, but has purchased homes to renovate across
the country.